Apple iMac vs 9th Gen All-in-one PCs

These upgrades are generally aimed at gamers and professionals, and will supercharge the desktop.

 

There’s an optional upgrade to Intel’s 8-core i9 processor, which has turbo-boosted clock speeds of up to 5GHz.

 

iMac with Retina 4K display £1,249 - £4,139

And Apple has retained the sleek aluminium and glass enclosure, which is an impressively thin 5mm.

 

Screen size	21.5" 4k / 27 5K

Processor	- Intel® Core™ i5 / i7 - 3.0GHz - 4.6GHz Quad or Hexa-core

HDD 1TB Fusion Drive

RAM 8GB DDR4 2666MHz

Radeon Pro 555X or 560X with GDDR5 memory

Two Thunderbolt 3 ports

Extras

Retina 5K 5120x2880 P3 display

9th Generation i5

64GB Ram / 2TB SSD

 

There’s also an option to add Radeon Pro Vega 48 graphics, with 8GB of dedicated memory and a staggering 7.3 teraflops of graphical computing heft.

 

 

New 9th Gen Intel® Processor:

up to eight cores.
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 to increase the maximum turbo frequency up to 5GHz, and up to 64 MB of memory.

 

Providing full-size, screen-immersive viewing experiences with Retina 5K display.

 

The announcement comes just days before Apple is due to host a major press event in California.

 

ACER Aspire Z 24 All-In-One - £1,299 Screen size 24" FHD LED Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-8700T - Hexa-core 2.40 GHz Storage: 1 TB HDD, 256 GB SSD 16GB DDR4 SDRAM Extras NVIDIA® GeForce® MX150 with 2 GB Dedicated Memory

The DELL Optiplex 24 7470 - £1,479. Screen size 24" InfinityEdge FHD IPS 9th Gen Processor - Intel® Core™ i7-9700 - Octa-core 4.8 GHz Storage: 256GB PCIe M.2 16GB DDR4 (2666 MHz) AC 9560 + Bluetooth 5 NO DVD drive